KRUEGER
And if I've got to turn everything upside down--I'll get back my coat,
Mrs. Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF
What this place needs is a good cleanin' out. We won't get no rest in the
village till then. They'll end up by stealin' the roof from over a
person's head.
KRUEGER
I ask you to consider, for heaven's sake--two robberies in the course of
two weeks! Two loads of wood, just like the wood you have there. [_He
takes up a piece that is lying on the floor._] Such good and expensive
wood, Mrs. Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF
It's enough to make a person get blue in the face with rage. The kind o'
crowd we gotta live with here! Aw, things like that! No, you know! Just
leave me alone with it!
KRUEGER
[_Irately gesticulating with the piece of wood._] And if it costs me a
thousand crowns, I'll see to it that those thieves are hunted down. They
won't escape the penitentiary this time.
MRS. WOLFF
An' that'd be a blessin' too, as sure's we're alive!
THE CURTAIN FALLS
THE FOURTH ACT
_The court room. GLASENAPP is sitting at his table. MRS. WOLFF and
ADELAIDE are waiting for the justice. ADELAIDE holds on her lap a
small package wrapped in linen.
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